rs r( HE. 



[July-All!;. I'i^l. 



In a biiel' paper upon "Insects injurious 

 to fruit." bv Mrs. Mary Treat, read before 

 the New Jersey state horticultural society, 

 at its annual meeting in January last, among 

 other items of interest, a statement was made 

 of a remarkable collection of "cut-worms" by 

 the writer, which ma_v .serve to show the 

 value of the same method of dealing with 

 these notorious pests, when employed upon a 

 larger scale. Some phlox liordering a car- 

 riage-way through an orchard of dwarf pear 

 trees was observed one morning to be partly 

 denuded of its leaves and flower-buds. The 

 cause being suspected, it was examined the 

 following evening with a light, when "un- 

 told numbers of cut-worms were seen among 

 the flower-buds." Numerous worms were 

 at work on the branches of a plum tree 

 beside them. A large number of worms 

 were found eating into the just expanding 

 buds of the pear-trees. 



The soil around the phlox was examined, 

 and the first collection resulted in over a 

 pint of worms of various sizes. The best 

 time for this search was found to be about 

 dusk in the evening, for the worms were 

 th; 1 just beneath the surface of the ground. 



•r. A. L. 



SOCIETY MEETINGS. 



The regular meetings of the Cambridge 

 Entomological Club will be held at 7.45 p. m., 

 on the days following : — 



ij Oct. 1883. 14 Mar. 1884. 



9 Nov. • II Apr. " 



14 Dec. ' q May " 



II Jan. 18S4. 13 June " 



8 Feb. ' 



G. UlMMOCK. Secretary. 



The New York Entomological Club meets 



twice monthly, except in June, July and 



August, but no special date is fixed for each 



meeting. 



Henry Edwards. Serrr/iirv. 



Natural History will be held at N. W. corner 

 of Berkeley and Boylston Sts.. Boston. Mass.. 

 at 7.45 p. m., on the days following: — 



24 Oct. 1883. 27 Feb. 18S4. 



28 Nov. '• 26 Mar. •• 



26 Dec. " 23 .\pr. 



23 Jan. 1SS4. iS May • 



Ei)W\Ri) Burgess. Srcreturv. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, of Philadelphia. Pa., will be held 

 at S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts.. on the 

 days following: — 



12 Oct. 1SS3. 14 Mar. 1SS4. 



9 Nov. " II .\pr. " 



14 Dec. " 9 May " 



II Jan. 1884. 13 June • 



8 Feb. " 



James H. Ridings. Remrdi-r. 



The semi-avnual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society will be held at S. 

 W. corner of ujth and Race Sts.. Philadelphia. 

 Pa., on the days following: — 



10 Dec. 1S83. 9 June 1884. 



|\MES M. Ridings. Recording Serrefarv. 



The regular monthly meetings of the 

 Montreal Branch of the Entomological Soci- 

 ety of Ontario, will be held at Montreal. Q^ie.. 

 Canada, on the days following : — 



2 Oct. 1883. 5 Feb. 1884. 



6 Nov. " 4 Mar. " 



4 Dec. " I Apr. " 



8 Jan. 1S84. 6 May " 



(i. |. Bowles. Serrelnry. 



The .monthly meetings of the Brooklyn 

 Entomological Society will be held in the 

 rooms of Wright's Business College. Broad- 

 way, corner of Fourth .Street. Brooklyn. 

 E. D., the last Saturday of each month ex- 

 cept July and .\ugust. 



F. O. ScHAUPP. .Sccre/iirv. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Boston Society of 



No. 109-HO were issued la July 1883. 



